Kumail Nanjiani
Acting
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2018 Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated The Big Sick
Film Independent Spirit Awards 1 won
- — Film Independent Spirit Awards Won
Time 100 1 won
- 2018 Time 100 Won
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Kumail Ali Nanjiani (/kʊˈmeɪl ˌnɑːndʒiˈɑːni/; Sindhi: ڪميل علي نانجياڻي; Urdu: کمیل علی نانجیانی; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Twilight Zone executive produced by Jordan Peele in 2019.
Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series Adventure Time and starred in the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and played various roles on the comedy series Portlandia. He also played Kingo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Eternals and What If...? Episode What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?, con artist Haja Estree in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi and celebrity scientist Vik in the television series The Boys Presents: Diabolical and The Boys. In 2022, he starred in the lead role of the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales. In 2023, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for his work in Welcome to Chippendales.
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The Simpsons
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Boys
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Show with David Letterman
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Adventure Time
The X-Files
Saturday Night Live
Bob's Burgers
Conan
RuPaul's Drag Race
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The View
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Fallout
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Community
What If...?
Hot Ones
Only Murders in the Building
Big Mouth
Archer
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Silicon Valley
Veep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Poker Face
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Taskmaster
Over Your Dead Body
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Good Morning America
After Midnight
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Portlandia
Franklin & Bash
Key & Peele
Eternals
MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Last Leg
Broad City
Krapopolis
The Breadwinner
The Oscars
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Drunk History
Chelsea
Migration
Sex Tape
Deli Boys
The Eric Andre Show
The Twilight Zone
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